Polymer scientists at Stellenbosch University have developed a novel method to break down lignin – a by-product in the paper manufacturing process – into valuable chemicals that can be used as raw materials in the chemical and polymer...

​​​​The first few months of 2024 will always be a memorable milestone in Dr Jana van Rooyen's life. Not only did she obtain a PhD in Food Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) at 25, but she also moved abroad, started a new job and...

This week, Stellenbosch University (SU) gave recognition to a cohort of staff members whose careers attest to sustained excellence in research, innovation, learning and teaching, social impact and professional services.These staff members...

Last week, 56 first-generation students across various faculties who have passed through Stellenbosch University’s (SU) SOAR programme completed their academic journey as they ascended the podium at the Coetzenburg Centre to proudly receive...

Chérise Adams reframes feminist theory through the lived knowledge of working-class Coloured womxn in the Winelands. Her thesis – written partly in Afrikaaps – centres the care, resilience and everyday strategies of survival often...

​Completing a second PhD is already quite an achievement, but Prof Minka Woermann, associate professor at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Philosophy Department, took the challenge one step further by obtaining a doctorate in Visual Arts, a...

​Almost 400 students in the faculties of Science, Education, Law and Military Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) received their degrees at the fifth March graduation ceremony on Thursday (22 March 2018). At the ceremony, honorary...

​​​Growing and moving forward together is not only the Centenary theme of Stellenbosch University (SU) but also the theme that has run through the lives of the Van Zyl family for years. In illustration of this, mother and daughter Benita...

​Matie postgraduate student, Gerbrandt Kotzé (26) from Paarl, did not allow cancer to interfere with his Master's studies in science, or to make him feel despair, be depressed or fearful. He persevered with his studies, never complaining or...

“You can't get extraordinary results through ordinary effort. You need to go the extra mile. Be resilient and find that one motivation that keeps you going." This is the advice from Claudia Ntsapi, who received her PhD in Physiology on...